k@ raUz intransitive verb to revel in a boisterous and drunken manner. They’d been carousing in the bar and were now staggering home, still singing and shouting.
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drivel
drI v@l noun 1. foolish or silly speech or ideas. I don’t believe a word of this drivel about instant weight loss. 2. saliva that has been allowed to fall from the…
scoff
skaf intransitive verb to speak with mild scorn or derision (often fol. by at). He scoffed at my fear of the dark. Bart blames Milhouse for snitching on him, and when Milhouse…
redeem
rih dim transitive verb 1: to pay off (a debt). His inheritance helped him redeem his debts. 2: to recover (property or the like) by paying off a debt. As soon as…
prodigious
pr@ dI j@s adjective 1. extremely large or great in size, amount, strength, extent, or the like; enormous. James A. Michener was a novelist whose output was prodigious. 2. inspiring wonder and…